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The '''Panthéon''' (Latin: ''pantheon'', from Greek πάνθειον (ἱερόν) '(temple) to all the gods') is a building in the Latin Quarter in [[Paris (nonfiction)]]. | The '''Panthéon''' (Latin: ''pantheon'', from Greek πάνθειον (ἱερόν) '(temple) to all the gods') is a building in the Latin Quarter in [[Paris (nonfiction)]]. | ||
It was originally built as a church dedicated to St. Genevieve and to house the reliquary châsse containing her relics but, after many changes, now functions as a secular mausoleum containing the remains of distinguished French citizens. | It was originally built as a church dedicated to St. Genevieve and to house the reliquary châsse containing her relics but, after many changes, now functions as a secular mausoleum containing the remains of distinguished French citizens, including [[Marie Curie (nonfiction)]]. | ||
It is an early example of neoclassicism, with a façade modeled on the Pantheon in Rome, surmounted by a dome that owes some of its character to Bramante's "Tempietto". | It is an early example of neoclassicism, with a façade modeled on the Pantheon in Rome, surmounted by a dome that owes some of its character to Bramante's "Tempietto". | ||
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== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[(nonfiction)]] | * [[Marie Curie (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[Paris (nonfiction)]] | |||
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Revision as of 08:13, 14 December 2015
The Panthéon (Latin: pantheon, from Greek πάνθειον (ἱερόν) '(temple) to all the gods') is a building in the Latin Quarter in Paris (nonfiction).
It was originally built as a church dedicated to St. Genevieve and to house the reliquary châsse containing her relics but, after many changes, now functions as a secular mausoleum containing the remains of distinguished French citizens, including Marie Curie (nonfiction).
It is an early example of neoclassicism, with a façade modeled on the Pantheon in Rome, surmounted by a dome that owes some of its character to Bramante's "Tempietto".
Located in the 5th arrondissement on the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, the Panthéon looks out over all of Paris.
Designer Jacques-Germain Soufflot had the intention of combining the lightness and brightness of the Gothic cathedral with classical principles, but its role as a mausoleum required the great Gothic windows to be blocked.
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Fiction cross-reference
External links
- Panthéon @ Wikipedia